Cattle-watering device.



UNITED sfrirrns Parana* caricas HENRY L. FERRE, 0F HARVARD, ILLINOS,ASSIGNOR 'EE0 HUNT, HELM, FERRIS t COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ACGRPORTION OF ILLXNOIS.

CATTLE-WATERING DEVICE. l

Siiecication of Letters Patent.

Patented Novd, 1915.

Application led .T une 13, 1914. Serial No. 844,884.

`vices, of which the following is a specication.` v

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cattleWatering oevices, and is fully described and explained in thespecification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which:-

Figure l is a top plan ot' my improved device showing the relation Whichthe same normally bears to a cattle stall, and Fig. 2 isa'section on theline 2 of Fig. l, showing the construction in detail. r

Referring tothe drawings, 3 is a vertical pipe screw-threaded at; itstop and bottom. In the arrangement shown the top of the tube 3 receiresthe n'ater'-pipe e and the bottom is closed by aplug .5. This arrangement. however, may be reversed.1 and the st ucture is designedparticularly to the end that the supply of Water may belet in from tbetop or the bottom, in accordance with the requirement and convenience inarauging the pipe. Projecting laterally from the pipe 3 is an integralboss 6 interiorly threaded. provided on its top With a perforated ear a'and Wit-h laterally extending ears S. l'fiametrically opposite to thebos's Gis protuberance 9 to afford space for the valve-mechanism shownand which will be presently described. At the bottoni ci' the Water-pipe3 is an integral ear l0.

ll is a bowl from which the cattle drink and it is held in position bybeing bolted to the ears and l0 which are integral with the Pipe 3,

l ne structure as thus far described, While it nzay be placed in anyposition accessible to the cattle Will. in the majority7 of case. beplaced over the fec'lftrough on the line between two stalls. as shown inFig4 l. The cattle drinking from it when in such position will 'be heldby tre stanchious and will. therefore, lave to reach into bowl from theside. The structure for adniitting -Tater has been designed with specialreference to the posl i from which the cattl? re-Wnssariln"v reach it.and is such as to give the greatest possible efficiency under theconditions stated, which are those most frequently oc rring.

Threai in the boss 6 is a thimble l2 provided with head 13 shaped to beenv gaged by a Wrench whereby to turn the thimble in or out. llfvithinthe thimble is a valve-stein ll; terminating in a head 15 which guidesthe same in the thiinble and is notched at i6 to permit Water to flowpast it. On the opposite end ot the stem ,All is a valve-bead l?,preferably of rubber,

which seats in the end of the tliimble to,

close it. Piroted to the ear T is'a valve-operating member. This is madein one` integral piece and comprises arms 1S Wiich aord pivotalengagement With the ear 7, a inger l) to engage the valve-stem to openthe valve, and an annular frame 2O intersected by bar 2l so as to allorda Widely reticulatI member of considerable ThA .fe-operating member isso pivoted ig. n

pying the -position shown in Fig. i when the valve closed. lts angularposition can be adjusted, when necessary, by turning the thimble in orout of the boss 6. y

The present structure possesses a number of advantages over thoseheretofore used for the same purpose. From the point of view ofmechanical convenieoe, the valreoperating member can be adjusted withthe utriost facility. In devices ot the same gcneral character,extensive mechanical Work has been required to adjust the angularposition of this part.. With the present device it vis only to be turnedup and the tliimble l2 screwed in or out the proper distance. This canbe done Without turning off the Water supply or disassembling thestructure in any Way. But the great practical advantage Iof the presentstructure arises from the ease with which cattle can beaccustomed to itsuse.

ln the present device the valve-operating member is Widely reticulated,being practically a grid-iron structure. The Water i; the bottom of thebowl is thus in plain vifv oi. the animal which is about to drink a d iattempting to reach it, with its head ntering from the side, thedoivnuf'ardlynclined valve-operating member strikes tie side of the jan'so as not to interfere with slant downwardly into the bowl occudrinkingat all. Thus, in reaching for the water the animal simply v'crowds thevalveoperating member to one side, the movement being ay perfectlynatural one. As a result it is found in practice that a watering device,similar to that herein shown, can be installed for the use of a herdwhich has never seen it before and thatwithout any effort whatever onthe part of the farmer to accustom them to the use of the structure,they will all secure their drinking water from it without anydifficulty. VhereaS, with devices which appear to have considerablesuperficial resemblance to the present structure, the cattle have to becarefully trained or in the alternative they will fail to lget theirwater. l

-I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to use valve-actuatingplates containing perforations, but these seem to have been employedwithout the purpose or result of thepresent construction. The principlehere involved is to construct a valveoperating member consisting of'barsspaced apartso that a substantially unobstructed view of the-bottom ofthe bowl and the water therein is given to the cattle and this plateshould, preferably, vdepend from one margin ofthe bowl at a relativelysteep angle so as' to contact with the side of the animals muzzle ratherthan the end thereof.

I realize that considerable variation is possible inthe details of theconstruction. vherein shown, and I do not intend to limit myselfthereto, except as pointed out in the following claims, in which it ismy intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device as broadlyas is permitted by the state of the art.

my hand this 1st d water-way, and a valve operating member.

extending from the water-way into the bowl and so positioned .as toengage the muzzle of an animal drinking from ,the bowl,

A2. A device of the character described comprising a water-pipe providedwith a boss, a thimble entering the boss, a valve in the thimble, a bowlcarried by the Waterpipe, a valve operatingl member pivoted to the bossand formed of spaced bars, said member depending downward from the bossintothe bowl at a'sharp angle and being provided with a linger to engagethe valve.

3. A device of the character described comprising a water-pipe having alaterally extending boss, a thimbleadjustable in the boss, a valve in,the thimble, a bowl, a valveoperating member pivoted to the boss andextending into the bowl and provided with a finger engaging the valvewhereby the position of the valve-operating member can be varied byadjusting the thimble in its boss.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of June, 1914. ENRY L. FERRIS.In presence of two subscribing witnesses:

`W. d. DnLsnoA'r, L. A. WHITE.

